Heritage in the news: October 2006

October 2

• Congress can ensure gas prices remain low in the long run by opening up ANWR to oil exploration, Ben Lieberman writes on FoxNews.com
• The Nation cites Tim Kane's argument that "the notion that a job is worthless without benefits is like saying a car is useless without a sunroof"
• The US-Korea alliance has allowed the South to negotiate with the North, but it also keeps these negotiations from advancing very far, Balbina Hwang tells Korea's The Hankyoreh
• America doesn't want to acknowledge the extent of Chinese spying, John Tkacik tells The Contra Costa Times
• Applying the Geneva Conventions to unlawful terrorist combatants would handicap America in the war on terror, Brian Walsh tells Voice of America
• Vice President Cheney acts as a vocal spokesman for the president, Lee Edwards tells The Austin-American Statesman
• "Economists of the left, right, and center agree that we are racing down the track toward a fiscal train wreck," Brian Riedl tells The Minneapolis Star-Tribune
• Columnist Doug Wilson notes Heritage's work on the Massachusetts free-market health reforms on Townhall.com
• Pakistan's ceasefire with the Taliban has allowed the upsurge in attacks on coalition forces in Afghanistan, Peter Brookes writes in The New York Post
• Ed Feulner examines the benefits of a strengthened Japanese military in The Washington Times
• Interest spending in the federal budget dropped between 1995 and 2004 because of rate cuts, Brian Riedl tells The New York Times
• The only people to benefit from deporting illegals would be the illegals not deported, Tim Kane tells The Los Angeles Times
• The AFL-CIO says Heritage is a key force behind the pension reform movement, The Los Angles Times reports
• Keeping the military option on the table will reinforce diplomatic efforts with Iran, Peter Brookes tells The San Francisco Chronicle

October 3

• Brian Riedl explains the expansion of government spending on National Review's "The Corner"
• Pakistan has made a truce that grants terrorists a reprieve, Peter Brookes writes in Front Page Magazine
• It's not healthy that universities are distancing themselves from national security, James Carafano tells UPI
• The military tribunal system both protects America's core principles and allows us to carry on the war on terror, James Carafano writes in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
• James Carafno wonders about border security technology purchases in Washington Technology
• America and Europe disagree about how long passenger data should be stored after a flight, James Carafano tells Bloomberg
• Those who see a slippery slope on civil liberties in smart ID cards see slippery slopes everywhere, Todd Gaziano tells Voice of America
• The East Africa Standard cites The Index of Economic Freedom in an editorial on government's usefulness
• Some governments want several nominees for UN Secretary General, Brett Schaefer tells The Korea Times
• The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review cites Heritage statistics on the distribution of farm aid to wealthy farmers

October 4

• An effective missile defense system will allow America to defend itself against North Korea, Ed Feulner writes in The Chicago Sun-Times
• As UN ambassador, John Bolton has raised domestic awareness of UN issues, Nile Gardiner tells The Christian Science Monitor
• It's good news that the new costs imposed by the expensiveMedicare drug entitlement are lower than projected, Bob Moffit tells UPI
• The UN Secretary-General must disclose his financial records, Nile Gardiner tells The Washington Times
• Many liberals supported a recent abortion bill because of election-year politics, Brian Darling tells CNS News
• North Korea's continued nuclear threats will reflect on UN candidate Ban Ki-moon, Brett Schaeffer tells Korea Times
• The ongoing crisis in the Balkans should remind Americans not to cut and run in Iraq, Helle Dale writes in The Washington Times

October 5

• Human Events notes Heritage research into union circumvention of paycheck protection laws
• Rep. Katherine Harris cited Heritage statistics on immigration on the campaign trail, the AP reports
• Bill O'Reilly is right to say our culture is under attack from within, Rebecca Hagelin writes on World Net Daily
• Former ambassador John Kenneth Galbraith notes that conservative organizations turn to Heritage for job placement, The Burlington Free Press reports
• The International Herald Tribune cites John Tkacik's argument that China's relationship with North Korea is largely military
• UPI reports on Heritage's panel on health care transparency
• The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, paid for with US tax dollars, argues that high-tax countries are better than low-tax, pro-growth countries, Mike Franc notes in Human Events

October 6

• Tim Chapman, writing on Townhall.com, cites Baker Spring saying a good portion of the original missile defense plan would be implemented if Clinton had acted
• Because his missile tests were largely ignored, Kim Jong Il is raising the stakes with the nuclear test, Peter Brookes writes in The New York Post
• Congress should stop playing games with military funding and give the Army what it needs, Baker Spring writes in Human Events
• The Los Angeles Times cites Heritage statistics on spending growth in an editorial questioning GOP leadership
• Liberal magazine Counterpunch notes Stephen Johnson's critique of Hugo Chavez and other populist dictators
• "Central Asia is playing an important role in foreign policy calculations," Ariel Cohen tells World Magazine

October 10

• America must make it clear to North Korea that the nuclear test intimidates no one, Mike Needham tells The Toronto Star
• America should begin a program of "regime intolerance" in response to the nuclear test, Mike Needham writes in National Review Online
• It is intolerable for North Korea to possess nuclear weapons and America must make that clear, Mike Needham writes on The Wall Street Journal's OpinionJournal.com
• An Asia Times columnist calls Heritage's reservations about Ban as UN Secretary General "reassuring"
• Ghana's Statesman uses Heritage statistics on foreign aid to make the case for economic reforms
• Organizations that provide essential services should not be discriminated against because they're motivated by faith, Ryan Messmore tells The Boston Globe
• The North Korean nuclear test demonstate's that country's disregard for China, James Carafano tells Bloomberg
• North Korea's nuclear test will spur more cooperation with Asia on missile defense and should increase America's investment in space-based missile defenses, James Carafano tells Indonesia's Antara news service
• North Korea's nuclear tests are a threat to regional security and American safety, Peter Brookes writes in The New York Post
• Peter Brookes asks important questions about North Korea's nuclear capabilities on FamilySecurityMatters.org
• Selling electricity to Gaza offers political and economic benefits, James Phillips tells UPI
• The government shutdowns scared conservatives in Congress from acting again on the size or scope of government, Mike Franc tells The San Francisco Chronicle
• Columnist William Safire notes Heritage's objections to the Bridge to Nowhere in The New York Times
• James Carafano raises serious questions about the new report saying America has created more terrorists in The Kansas City Star
• Physical barriers to protect buildings from terrorism aren't very practical, James Carafano tells The New York Times
• There is little evidence that voter identification rules amount to disenfranchisement, Erica Little tells CNS News
• Some countries have complained about the process for selecting the new UN leader, Brett Schaefer tells The Seoul Times
• The idea that the war on terror is a drag on the economy is "laughable," James Carafano tells The Chattanooga Times Free Press
• Brian Riedl explains the government's accounting games to The Toledo Blade
• Columnist Bruce Bartlett cites Brian Riedl's work to highlight government spending increases in his syndicated column
• We cannot say with any certainty whatsoever that the war on terror has created more terrorists, James Carafano writes in The Kansas City Star
• A letter to the editor of the Appleton (Wis.) Post-Crescent cites Heritage figures on unfunded liabilities in entitlement programs

October 11

• Ground-based missile defenses must be complemented by space-based interceptors, Baker Spring tells Scripps-Howard
• Blaming Gen. Franks for post-conflict problems in Iraq isn't really fair, James Carafano tells The Saint Petersburg Times
• The Bush administration cannot bear sole responsibility for all the world's problems, Peter Brookes tells Reuters
• The Republican Steering Committee is quiet but influential, Brian Darling tells The Hill
• The Times of India quotes extensively from Mike Needham's call for regime intolerance
• The Mobile Press-Register cites Heritage statistics on the minimum wage
• Kim Jong Il did exactly what he said he'd do, Peter Brookes writes in The Boston Herald
• Helle Dale explores North Korea's history of deception and double-dealing in The Washington Times
• A lower budget deficit may discourage lawmakers from taking action on cutting spending and enacting long-term reform, Stuart Butler tells Reuters
• Higher education is in serious need for reform, Eugene Hickok writes in The New York Times, which wrongly called his approach a "No Child Left Behind" for higher ed
• The use of the Great Lakes for weapons training was begun without necessary public relations outreach, Mackenzie Eaglen tells the AP
• The Department of Justice's harsh efforts to crack down on white-collar crime puts innocent workers at risk, Brian Walsh writes in The Houston Chronicle

October 12

• Government overspending will only grow worse in the next decade, Brian Riedl tells The Chicago Tribune
• Politicians will be better served by advocating market solutions to health care, Brian Darling tells UPI
• President Bush's new culure initiative is a solid step towards reenergizing public diplomacy, Stephen Johnson and Helle Dale write in Human Events
• Bill Beach explains how innovation spurs the economy on "NPR's Marketplace"
• John Hilbolt tells The New Hampshire Union Leader that Heritage is always focused on property rights
• South Africa's Moneyweb cites Heritage's Index of Economic Freedom
• South Africa's Business Day notes that their country has fallen in Heritage's Index of Economic Freedom
• If America withdraws from Iraq, there's a good chance it would have to return to the country in short order, Jim Phillips tells The Washington Post
• The killing of a Russian journalist last week was a defeat for human rights, Ariel Cohen tells UPI

October 13

• It remains to be seen whether China will cooperate on North Korea, John Tkacik writes in Human Events
• States are better equipped to handle health care reform than the federal government, Bob Moffit and Nina Owcharenko tell Final Call
• Threats from terrorists are less likely to come from within airport staff than from without, James Carafano tells The Sarasota Herald-Tribune
• Mike Franc examines liberals' flip-flop on multilateralism in foreign policy in Human Events
• The Boston Globe notes Gov. Mitt Romney's recent speech at Heritage
• Small Chinese satellites could serve as weapons against American satellites, John Tkacik tells Military.com
• A liberal column in Britain's Guardian notes Heritage's Index of Economic Freedom ranking for the UK
• The leaked portions of the intelligence report on Iraq missed key context that said jihadists would win a key victory with American withdrawal, Jim Phillips tells Voice of America
• "By the time Ronald Reagan was elected in 1980, Heritage had become the premier think tank on the right, and it continues to influence government policy today," liberal columnist Thomas B. Edsall writes in The New Republic

October 16

• The earmarks fight was novel in that bloggers created a law instead of taking someone down, Tim Chapman tells Congressional Quarterly
• Peter Brookes takes a peek at the horrors behind North Korea's iron curtain in The New York Post
• The Chicago Tribune reports on "National Public Radio correspondent Ted Robbins' conclusion that one of the very best resources [on immigration] is the conservative Heritage Foundation's July, 2006 report, 'Building a Better Border: What the Experts Say,' by David B. Muhlhausen."
• The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star cites Heritage spending numbers
• The tax cuts, not fiscal responsibility, are the reason the deficit has narrowed, Tim Chapman writes in Human Events
• America's top-flight schools are often failing to teach students the essentials, Ed Feulner writes in The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Competition is good for health care, Bob Moffit writes in The Salt Lake Tribune
• The Boston Globe reports on Heritage's meeting with a New Hampshire man complaining about the state's new "view tax"
• Kommersant reports on Heritage's position that negotiation alone will not help control North Korea
• The Washington Times cites Ron Utt on Amtrak's disproportionate funding
• The New York Times notes Ed Meese's affiliation with the Iraq Study Group
• The Times of London notes that Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) met Lady Thatcher at Heritage last month
• America cannot attack a country because it someday might be a threat, James Carafano tells The San Francisco Chronicle
• Brian Riedl is given a "quote of the week" for his comment on spending in The Chicago Tribune
• It's a good thing that states no longer treat DHS grants as a sort of trust fund, James Carafano tells US News
• China and Russia's participation in the UN sanctions resolution means North Korea is more isolated than ever, John Tkacik tells Bloomberg
• The Washington Post's week ahead column notes two Heritage events
• North Korea's nuclear test has created a more dangerous world, Peter Brookes writes in The San Diego Union-Tribune
• The Wall Street Journal notes Heritage's Index of Economic Freedom ranking of Hong Kong

October 17

• "It's getting to the point [in Congress] where no one bothers to hide what appear to be raging conflicts of interest," Ron Utt tells USA Today
• Russia's new rules governing non-governmental organizations impose a real burden, Yevgeny Volk tells Radio Free Europe
• The UN resolution on North Korea dealt with inspections, not forceful interdictions, Kim Holmes tells The Financial Times
• William Peterson reviews a book on big spending in The Washington Times
• Competition is good for health care, Bob Moffit writes in The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• The Agape Press covers Heritage's event on the importance of studying military history

October 18

• Xinhua News notes Heritage's Index of Economic Freedom ranking of Hong Kong
• Russia is securing its clout in Europe by increasing Europe's dependence on it, Yevgeny Volk tells the AP
• Brian Riedl asks in The Washington Times: if free spending is the key to popularity, why is Congress so unpopular?
• The focus needs to be on North Korea, not on accusations of who caused what with whose foreign policy, Helle Dale writes in The Washington Times
• China poses the largest challenge for Secretary Rice, Mike Needham tells Reuters
• Baker Spring speaks favorably about President Bush's new space weapons programs in The Washington Post
• America can ill afford to withdraw from Iraq before the country is stabilized , Ed Feulner writes in The Chicago Sun-Times

October 19

• Beijing is struggling to keep North Korea from ignoring its wishes again, John Tkacik tells Defense News
• New York City controlled crime by replacing officers who were unwilling to fight crime, Bob Moffit tells The Philadelphia Inquirer
• India's The Hindu, the Indo-Asian News Service and The Times report on Indian MP Arun Shourie's talk at Heritage
• Earmarks in the 2005 transportation bill redirected funds from actual infrastructure projects, Ron Utt tells National Review
• Ariel Cohen explains why Russia is suddenly belligerent against Georgia in The Washington Times
• The rejection of a UN Security Council seat for Hugo Chavez's Venezuela "is a massive victory for common sense on the world stage and a huge defeat for Chávez's virulent brand of fanatic anti-Americanism," Nile Gardiner tells USA Today

October 20

• Ed Feulner remembers Lord Harris in Financial Times
• Investor's Business Daily cites Peter Brookes on North Korea
• Heritage's sponsorship of educational meetings for Congress is noted in The Seattle Press-Intelligencer
• Yevgeny Volk explains Russia's slide towards authoritarianism to AFP
• America needs to be concerned about other nations exploiting outer space for military uses, Baker Springs tells the BBC
• Robert Moffit discusses how the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program (FEHBP) can and should serve as a model for health care reform on ABC’s World News “Tonight” (watch in Real Media format)
• James Carafano discusses N. Korea’s and Iran’s Nuclear Programs on MSNBC LIVE (watch in Real Media format)
• Mike Franc highlights liberal pessimism on the economy in Human Events
• The Lexington Herald-Leader derides Heritage as a "corporate-funded think tank"
• Bill Clinton's appearances are a boon to his wife's political prospects, Mike Franc tells McClatchy Newspapers
• A letter to The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star says Heritage has "an impeccable reputation for research and scholarship"
• Bob Moffit's health care competition article is cited in Australia's News-Medical.net
• The federal employees health care program demonstrates what real competition can accomplish, Bob Moffit tells ABC News
• "Republicans did a lot to soften up their own base to make it very easy for rank-and-file, conservative-minded voters to say there is not a whole lot of difference between the two parties," Mike Franc tells The Washington Post

October 23

• America needs to finish the job in Iraq, James Carafano writes on FoxNews.com
• The Wall Street Journal previews Secretary Rice's speech to Heritage on North Korea
• A WorldNetDaily columnist notes President Clinton's attacks on Heritage
• The Arizona Daily Star notes Ed Meese's participation in the Iraq Study Group
• A new policy proposal gets rid of federal controls on education policy, Dan Lips reports in Human Events
• The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review cites Dan Mitchell on the consequences of repealing the 2003 tax cuts
• America's top schools often teach the wrong things, Ed Feulner writes in The Washington Times
• Baker Springs explains the Bush administration's space weapons policy on NPR (listen in Windows Media format)
• James Carafano discusses North Korea on CNN Headline News' "Glenn Beck Show" (watch in Windows Media format)
• Brian Darling discusses immigration and the 2006 elections on MSNBC (watch in Real Media format)
• James Carafano explains Iraq strategy on MSNBC (watch in Real Media format)

October 24

• An article by the Council on Foreign Relations notes Heritage's Index of Economic Freedom
• "Anything but Bush" is no basis for a foreign policy, Peter Brookes warns in Foreign Policy
• US News cites Brian Riedl's estimates of the federal budget's growth
• Columnist Molly Ivins cites Brian Riedl on the government's budget projections games
• Additional federal programs to support education are unlikely to help schools recruit good teachers, Dan Lips tells Focus on the Family
• A premature American withdrawal from Iraq would cripple the country, Ed Feulner writes in The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• The best way to ensure nobody builds space weapons is not to sign a treaty but to gain an overwhelming lead in space weaponry, James Carafano tells The Kansas City Star
• Despite its coming budget woes, the government has promised seniors to pay Social Security benefits, Brian Riedl tells The Hartford Courant
• Kim Jong Il is a megalomaniac with little concern for his people, John Tkacik tells CBN
• Bloomberg cites Heritage's work to build the conservative movement

October 25

• Fortune cites Heritage's analysis of the growth in the federal budget
• Little real poverty exists in the United States, Robert Rector tells Reuters
• The Chronicle of Philanthropy notes Heritage's cooperation with Brookings on the Fiscal Wakeup Tour
• Countries that have benefitted from the charity of American citizens tend to think better of the United States, Helle Dale writes in The Washington Times
• David Asher explains North Korea's willingness to flaunt international sanctions on CNN International (watch in Windows Media format)
• James Carafano discusses border security on CNN's "Lou Dobbs Tonight" (watch in Windows Media format)
• A policy of containment does not always work to restraint belligerent powers, James Carafano tells UPI
• "Overall, it's hard to justify a climate of pessimism. Especially when, by so many objective measures, we're 'better off,'" Ed Feulner writes in The Chicago Sun-Times

October 26

• National Review's "The Corner" links to Robert Rector's paper on immigration
• America faces a grim future if our troops withdraw too soon from Iraq, Ed Feulner writes in The Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Rep. Tom Davis (R-VA) is using Heritage's immigration materials in his campaign literature, National Review reports
• The Constitution has provided the checks and balances to ensure more than 200 years of continuous government, Lee Edwards tells New Europe
• Government is finally doing something to restore marriage, Robert Rector tells The Washington Times
• The New York Times, The Associated Press, AFP, Bloomberg, DPA, The Press Trust of India, Xinhua, Kyodo, Voice of America, NPR and the Indo-Asian News Service report on Secretary Rice's speech on North Korea at The Heritage Foundation
• Washington Technology cites a Heritage paper on Homeland Security funding
• Russia wants to join the World Trade Organization but on its own terms, Ariel Cohen tells Kommersant
• Talk radio is less unified behind the GOP this year, which may hurt Republican candidates, Mike Franc tells Reuters
• Congress assigned tasks to Homeland Security without considering the projects' feasability, James Carafano tells the Associated Press
• Peter Brookes discusses North Korea on Fox News' "Fox and Friends" (watch in Real Media format)
• Robert Rector explains immigration reform on CNN's "Lou Dobbs Tonight" (watch in Windows Media format)

October 27

• The House and Senate have done too little oversight of the Pentagon, James Carafano tells The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
• Ground-based missile defenses are cheaper and easier to maintain than those based in airplanes, James Carafano tells Defense News
• Investor's Business Daily writes an immigration editorial based in part on Robert Rector's most recent findings
• Taiwan's Central News Agency and Germany's Kommersant report on Secretary Rice's discussion of Asia policy at Heritage
• The GOP's addiction to wasteful pork-barrel spending has diminished their appeal to conservatives , Mike Franc writes in Human Events
• The Press Trust of India reports on Heritage's call for a consistent American message on terrorist groups operating within Pakistan
• The US military's force composition is designed to fight Cold War enemies, not terrorists, James Carafano tells USA Today
• No Child Left Behind is incapable of meeting its own goals and more fundamental changes to the education system are needed, Eugene Hickok writes in The Washington Post
• Peter Brookes looks at the consequences for national security of a liberal victory in November in Family Security Matters

October 30

• Mexicans are upset with the United States for building a border fence, but they're ashamed such a wall is necessary, James Carafano writes for Fox News
• Human Events cites Robert Rector's immigration estimates in its editorial on the border fence
• Means-testing is the right next step for Medicare, Bob Moffit tells Newsday
• The Washington Times mentions Secretary Rice's speech at Heritage in an article on Asia security policy
• There is a risk that the United States military could become a "hollow force" with a lot of manpower unfit for combat, James Carafano tells The Houston Chronicle
• Ohio's unique scandals mean the state is not a bellweather for national politics, Brian Darling tells The Toledo Blade
• A Pittsburgh Tribune-Review columnist cites Heritage's estimates of the growth of federal spending
• Alison Fraser's work on the fiscal wakeup tour is cited in the AP

October 31

• "The Heritage report refutes utterly the statement made by John Kerry yesterday at a rally for California Democratic gubernatorial nominee Phil Angelides," columnist Michael Barone writes on USNews.com
• National Review Online cites Heritage's study of military demographics
• James Carafano tells Chicago Lawyer that he's "comfortable" with the terrorist tribunals "as a wartime process" (no link available)
• Eurasia Insight cites Heritage's work for conservatives in an article on a new party in Kazakhstan (no link available)
• If liberals take control of Congress, America's foreign policy could lurch to the left, Peter Brookes writes in The New York Post (and on FrontPage Magazine and Real Clear Politics)
• The Hartford Courant cites Sen. Joe Lieberman's 1991 appearance at a Heritage event in its endorsement of the candidate
• Gov. Mitt Romney cites Heritage's support for his health care reforms in Investor's Business Daily
• Ironically, lawmakers have seen little benefit from expanded spending intended to buy votes, Brian Riedl writes in The Miami Herald
• The roles of the minority leader and speaker are very different, Mike Franc tells the AP